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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) said local residents will soon see construction trucks at work along Interstate 86 and a number of other Chautauqua County roadways in the with the help of $6.12 million in federal Recovery Act funds.

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that Western New York will receive $700,000 in Recovery Act funding to support the opening of a regional passport agency in Western New York. Congressman Higgins and Congressman Chris Lee (NY-26) first advocated for a WNY passport office in a letter sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on March 26th. Just days ago, standing near the Peace Bridge, Reps. Higgins and Lee announced the State Department has agreed with their request and will begin the process of establishing a passport agency locally.

Mayor Byron W. Brown, Senator Charles Schumer and Congressman Brian Higgins today announced that the City of Buffalo will this week advertise for bids on the reconstruction of four historic streets in the city’s Inner Harbor area.

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) made public the findings of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation he requested which examined the unjustifiably high gas prices in Western New York last fall.

Congressman Chris Lee (NY-26), Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28), and Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced this morning that they will push for a congressional investigation of all commercial airline pilot training and certification programs in the wake of new revelations surrounding the events that led up to the Continental Connection Flight 3407 tragedy.

In a letter to the Active Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) is asking the national agency to reopen the related docket since layoffs at Buffalo’s Frontier Yard are in violation of the agreement which allowed CSX and Norfolk Southern to acquire Conrail’s assets.

Today, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that the $250 economic recovery payments for Social Security recipients, which were provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will begin to go out on May 7 – with the goal of all these payments being sent out by the end of May. New York will receive $845.6 million, with $34.89 million going to residents directly in Congressman Higgins’ district, the highest in the state.

“During the 1990s, I got to know Ray Dusza very well from our work together for Erie County. For many years, I not only witnessed Ray’s incredible compassion and care for his fellow Western New Yorkers, but I also learned a great deal from him.